Thomas J. Walsh

Thomas James Walsh (12 June 1859-2 March 1933) was a US Senator (D-MT) from 4 March 1913 to 2 March 1933, succeeding Joseph M. Dixon and preceding John E. Erickson. He died before he could be appointed Attorney-General by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Biography
Thomas James Walsh was born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin in 1859, and he moved to Helena, Montana in 1890. He worked as a lawyer before becoming involved with Democratic Party politics, and he served in the US Senate from 1913 to 1933. He opposed child labor, while he supported women's suffrage and Prohibition. In 1932, he died of a heart attack during the train ride to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration.